Last night I was thrilled to be joined by 120 friends from our manufacturing community to kick-off our 2016 Accelerate Cleveland Manufacturing year. Attendees enjoyed Cleveland Whiskey’s award winning bourbon and signature cocktail: A Winter Night in Cleveland at the offices of Boondock Walker in MidTown.

Is your business growing? Do you attend workshops, conferences, and training sessions to improve your skills? Do you have a mentor or a coach that helps guide you? Or are you just going about your days wondering why you aren’t seeing the results you desire?

Manufacturers who migrate their ERP systems to the cloud see substantial improvements across their business. Real-time data enhances accuracy and visibility. The result is increased efficiency, higher productivity, and less waste.

The non-profit Lake Erie Energy Development Corporation (LEEDCo) is currently developing a demonstration project called "Icebreaker" that will solve the unique challenges of deploying wind turbines in a freshwater environment. With six wind turbines positioned seven miles off the coast of Cleveland, Icebreaker will become a catalyst to building an offshore wind industry in Ohio and the Great Lakes region.

In today's globally-competitive marketplace, protecting your intellectual property is more crucial nowthan ever to business success. Often, innovation is the only way to grow. In fact, the primary advantage a company has is its innovative secrets.

As an inbound marketer, I often get asked if inbound lead generation and lead nurturing works for B2B companies. There seems to be a belief that business-to-business companies fall into a black hole when it comes to marketing. It is simply not true.